Obama rule for power plants to compel steeper emissions cuts NEW YORK- President Barack Obama will impose even steeper cuts on greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants than previously expected, senior administration officials said Sunday, in what the president called the most significant step the U.S. has ever taken to fight global warming. A year after proposing unprecedented carbon dioxide limits, Obama was...
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| By: By JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press

Obama to require steeper emissions cuts from US power plants NEW YORK- President Barack Obama will impose even steeper cuts on greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants than previously expected, senior administration officials said Sunday, in what the president called the most significant step the U.S. has ever taken to fight global warming. A year after proposing unprecedented carbon dioxide limits, the Obama...
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| By: By JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press

Conservative donor Koch urges end to 'corporate cronyism' DANA POINT, Calif.- Billionaire industrialist and conservative political donor Charles Koch welcomed a group of roughly 450 like-minded fundraisers to one of his twice-annual conferences Saturday by challenging them to advocate for ending "corporate cronyism"- even if those policies help their businesses. The Koch brothers and their network of donors, many...
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| By: By JULIE BYKOWICZ, Associated Press

From rents to haircuts, Americans start to feel price hikes WASHINGTON- Apartment rents are up. So are prices for restaurant meals, haircuts, gym memberships and a cup of coffee. For American consumers who have become used to flat or even falling prices for several years, an unfamiliar sight has emerged in many corners of the economy: Inflation is ticking up.
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| By: By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer

Florida power company gave $1 million to pro-Bush super PAC FP&L is the state's largest electric utility, and NextEra operates in 26 other states and Canada. Now, NextEra is opening its own coffers to support Right to Rise, the super PAC formed to help Bush's bid for the presidency. Kristy Campbell, a Bush campaign spokeswoman, denied any conflict of interest in Bush's relationship with NextEra.
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| By: By JACK GILLUM and RONNIE GREENE, Associated Press

Clinton releases tax, medical records as emails made public Within a three-hour period Friday, the State Department made public more than 2,200 pages of emails sent from Clinton's personal account, her campaign released a letter from her personal doctor about her health and she unveiled eight years of tax returns. Meanwhile, Clinton herself was campaigning at the annual meeting of the National Urban League and...
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| By: By LISA LERER, Associated Press